Young Composers Seminar

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Under the direction of Festival Resident Composer David Serkin Ludwig, the Young Composers Seminar brings together a group of virtuoso and already-accomplished young composers. Each young composer creates a new work for the Festival, which is brought to life for the first time by Festival artists, thrilling composers and audience members alike. The Young Composers leave LCCMF with a professional quality recording of their work, as well as newly acquired skills that will help them in their chosen profession.

LCCMF Young Composers Seminar Alumni

Alumni in the News

  • Gabriella Smith, 2010

    Tumblebird Contrails performed at the 2023 Nobel Prize Concert.

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  • Alistair Coleman, 2017; Hannah Ishizaki, 2017; and Kian Ravaei, 2023

    2024 Morton Gould Young Composer Award Recipients

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  • Elise Arancio, 2017

    2024 Charles Ives Scholarship Recipient

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  • Kyle Rivera, 2023

    2024 New Work of the Year, Chamber Music America

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Gold Girl, Dark Doves, 2023, for soprano, viola, and piano
Alistair Coleman (YCS ‘17)

Red, Blue, Black, 2019, for clarinet and string quartet
TJ Cole (YCS '14)

Moonshot, 2019, concerto for violin and string chamber orchestra
Alistair Coleman (YCS '17)

Jasper Beach, 2018, for flute, cello, and piano
Nick DiBerardino (YCS '18)

Settle, 2016, for piano quartet
Emily Cooley (YCS ‘15)

Sonatensatz, 2015, for flute, clarinet, oboe, horn, cello, and piano
Loren Loiacono (YCS ‘13)

Fireflies, 2014, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Phillip Golub (YCS ‘12)

Contemplations, 2013, for clarinet, violin, and piano
Alyssa Weinberg (YCS '09)

Brandenburg Insterstices, 2012
Gabriella Smith (YCS '10)

String Quartet, 2011
Tim Woos (YCS '09)

Festival Commissions From YCS Graduates

LCCMF Composers at FlynnSpace 2016: Joan Tower, David Ludwig, Nina Young, Emily Cooley (YCS ’15), Pierre Jalbert.

ONE Strings students prepare for visit by Nick DiBerardino (YCS ’18) workshop on graphical notation in composition.